A recoil-proton spectrometer based on A p-i-n diode implementing pulse-shape discrimination

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 509-516

  Agosteo, Stefano ^a,b   D'Angelo, G ^a,b   Fazzi, A ^a,b   Foglio Para, A ^a   Pola, A ^a,b   Ventura, L ^c   Zotto, P ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; FILTER; PROTON RADIATION; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROMETER;

BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644302248     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch237     Document Type: Article

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